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good morning. i'm diana perez. >> i'm john muller. here's the headlines we are following on "world news now." thoumss are without power in the middle of the country after ice and freezing rain coated electric lines. toronto recovering from one of the worst storms in years. we will get the latest from accu-weather. the icy conditions moved east today. today is the deadline to

sign up for coverage through the affordable care act if you want coverage beginning january 1st. the government says the obamacare website is ready to handle the rush. two american astronauts will spend christmas eve working outside of the space shuttle to repair a cooling pump. they finished the first mission this weekend ahead of schedule despite a problem with one of the astronauts space suits. a firestorm and by the time her plane landed in africa she had been fired. those are the top stories on this december 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good morning. boy the crazy winter weather really continues. we have almost summer -- spring-like conditions here. >> almost 70 in this part of the country. amazing. >> then not far away people are dealing with ice and deadly

conditions. we will get to it. we begin with a deadly storm as millions hit the roads and the mall. thousands without power in michigan upstate new york and new england. >> thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled. our coverage begins with alex perez. the monster storm is packing a punch of snow, ice, strong winds and devastating floods. the water so high in central kentucky it washed away this suv drowning three people inside. in ohio, fast-rising waters forced the evacuation of this retirement home and the neighborhood around it. fire crews going door to door and making rescues by raft. creating a major headache and getting home isn't easy. 600 flights cancelled. 4500 delayed. on those icy roads, spinoffs and deadly pileups. at least three killed in oklahoma. one shopper in oklahoma city capturing this scary moment as

huge sheets of ice fly off a roof in to a busy outdoor mall. luckily, no one was injured n. in the south, the storm spawned possible tornados tearing apart this roof in louisiana, overturning mobile homes in mississippi and destroying entire neighborhoods in parts of arkansas. in milwaukee, john says walking his dog lola has become a challenge. >> it is shutdown mode. we better get inside and be prepir paired for whatever else comes. >> reporter: that's the attitude many are taking get out of the winter weather as soon as possible. temperatures are expected to plunge as the week begins. alex perez, abc news, milwaukee. after spring-like warmth here in the east, get ready for a wet, wild and chilly changes. >> and potential for an icy commute. let's check in with meteorologist jim dickey at accu-weather. good morning, jim.

>> good morning, john and diana. many spots over the weekend, new york city, philadelphia, d.c. setting new record highs. many spots in the 70s. that is changing here. arctic air in the northern plains upper midwest these are the highs through the morning hours. minus one minneapolis, minus 25 in bismarck. that cold air filtering in. running in to the warmth that's in place. or was in place. after the air masses collide we will see soaking rainfall along the 95 corridor including new york city, boston, philadelphia and d.c. rain stretches southward to the gulf of mexico. steady and heavy at times but by christmas we keep it cold. many spots quiet throughout the day. john and diana, back to you. here's a look at the weather. rain/snow and ice in the pacific northwest, dry in the southwest. snow showers in kansas and the great lakes. >> cool in the southwest with highs in the 60s. 40s and 50s in the south, and southern atlantic seaboard in the 70s and 80s and 60s in the

mid-atlantic states. suburban phoenix a little girl is safe after managing to escape a kidnapping. plifs say it happened in mesa. the 8-year-old was riding a bike around an apartment complex when she was taken. the suspect's car crashed a short time after the kidnapping. the victim was able to run in the arms of waiting police officers. >> i it's incredible. apparently the neighbors spotted this happening. they alerted a police officer who gave chase and it just all kind of happened at the right time, at the right place. the guy's car crashes. she's able to make her escape and there is a cop waiting to take her. >> the suspect 22-year-old man. police aren't sure if this was a random kidnapping. had he been watching her some time? it is part of the investigation. >> scary stuff. a very tragic story for new york, not far from our own studio. a father and his 3-year-old son diefd falling from a high-rise apartment building. the man was in a custody dispute

with his wiechl he was supposed to meet her at a neutral location to hand the boy over. instead one newspaper is reporting he threw the child off the building before jumping himself. four men under arrest for a fatal new jersey mall carjacking could face federal charges and the death penalty. the federal pen alties for a car jacking are stiffer than new jersey's and police say it is no random act. here's abc's rina ninan with more. >> reporter: police say these four men arrested for their role in the holiday shopping mall carjacking might be part of a new trend in crime. >> we believe the individuals immediately involved in this incident have been charged and taken in to custody. >> saturday, police revealed new details of the night friedland was murdered. they say the four suspects arrived in a chevy suburban suv. they discovered them leaving the mall and the car jackers struck. jamie watching as her husband

was fatally shot. two left in the suburban and the other sped off in the stolen range rover. >> the crime itself appears to 0 have been motivated for the desire for type of vehicle. >> investigators call it an epidemic of violent car jackings. with so many cases, it has been a focus for the fbi's new jersey office for three years. >> there's a black market for stolen vehicles. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say some stolen suvs are quickly moved to africa on container ships as part of an international ring. it's not clear if this was the case here but investigators are looking in to whether this incident is linked to others in the region. in a statement his widow expressed her thanks to police. we are grateful to the essex county police and all of the local authorities who are pursuing this so vigorously. rina ninan, abc news, new york. the newest model of nike air

jordan hit stores over the weekend and soon after that those who wanted them started to hit each other. here's one what a store looked like. the new jordans sell for $185. let's hear it for the christmas spirit. >> just ridiculous. the former nba star arrived in beijing this morning. during his stay in north korea, rodman did not meet with kim jong-un. he said he was not disappointed by not meeting him and hopes to do so next month during his next scheduled visit. >> it's not political or anything like that. it is for the people of north korea and hope this would open the door for us, for certain situations. >> reporter: rodman spent several days in north korea training basketball players. they are supposed to play an exhibition game next month that rodman is hoping to organize. it will mark kim jong-un's birthday.

peyton manning is the league's record holder of touch downs in a season. he threw four passes in the victory over toe texans. that gives him 51 touchdown passes this season alone. that's one more than tom brady threw six years ago. he is all but certain to extend his record next sunday when denver wraps up the regular season against the raiders. >> he's awesome. >> he just kind of is. a story about an epidemic of honorty and christmas spirit a waitress found $1,000 on the seat as she was cleaning a table. she ran after the customer, gave it to the man she thought was the money's owner. he had a wad of cash and thought he dropped it. it turns out it wasn't his. instead it was this man's. >> the gentleman said he was tired and confused and that the money was mixed together in his wallet. >> the first man came back to return the 1,000 bucs and the real owner outside of chicago turned around and gave the money

to the wait trels as a christmas gift. that is nothing to crab about. >> that is a string of great people all hookin' up. >> it is hard to keep track, but the guy who thought the money was his but returned it also gave the waitress 100 bucks for her trouble. >> she got the grand. >> plus 100. >> plus 100. man oh man. >> and some reports are saying she was pregnant. >> what a win fall and that is a great story. >> right before christmas. >> everybody doing great stuff. >> really cool. a splark documentary puts a theme park in some damage control mode. also ahead, two well-known british actors are in, mcclellan and sir patrick stewart compete on new york's stage. what they share might surprise you. and speaking of surprises, how a guy dressed as santa taking an unusual dive made the most of his holiday you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now"

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record straight. the movie "black fish" chronicles the story of a sea world killer whale that's been associated with three deaths during 30 years in captivity including the death of dawn branshow in twen. this video taken at the theme park shows the 12,000 pound whale playing with her just before dragging her in to the water and killing her. the movie questions whether years of captivity triggers the whale to act aggressively. sea world said we do not capture killer whales in the wild and they said that he did not attack her. that he was indicate cans that tilikum became interested in the novelty of her poen pony tail and grabbed it and pulled her in to the water. >> i don't think this is the last we have seen of this. it gains more momentum, not less momentum. >> they responded to the documentary of whale hunt showing young whales separated

from their mothers. sea world's ad says we do not separate killer whale moms and calves. it came after eight musical acts including bare naked ladies, martina mcbride and willie nelson cancelled appearances at the theme park. >> it makes it a bigger story and that's what they don't want. >> reporter: aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> abc news reached out to sea world and the statement, we thought the time had come to address falsehoods about the marine mammal display. >> we reached out to the film's direct who are said sea world's response didn't foeg focus on anything about the film because the entire film is based on facts. they are standing by it. they are standing by their film. >> yes. the controversy continues. coming up, an unlikely bro mans.

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♪ two acting epilegends sir patrick stewart and sir mckellan are starring on a show in broadway. they have long been best friends. nobody seemed to know that until a twitter picture went viral. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: the hats that throw you off. the two guys are out of costume but zoom in on this one, costume please and that is ian mcclellan playing gandolf in the hobbit. and other guy, zoom, please, in costume, patrick playing jean luke piccard on "star trek" the next generation. >> and the other guy me, in auto be on the street with these two guys. what is cool is what they have been doing on twitter. getting around new york city here and here and even here on the day the trash was put out or maybe the day after. just two brit bros doing new

york city. >> it was ian who saw the trash baengs said wait, stop here. we jumped out and took the photographs on the trash bags and back in the car. people are thinking -- i recognize those guys. >> we are shameless self publicists. what's nice on this occasion is that we are in charge of it ourselves. it had not been imposed upon us. we are doing it because we want to do it and that's why we are doing the two plays. >> reporter: that's the point. right now the two actors are in two broadway shows together. no mans wait and waiting for goododt. they are doing -- >> being friends with the people you work with is pretty important but we have shared experiences of working in the theater. >> at the same time. >> at the same time but never the same plays. >> we need you to hope again.

>> of course, they were both global stars a friends by the time they made "x-men" together. now they are working night after night together in new york,, th othething they have in chon is how it feels to be working so hard at their age, 73 for stewart and 74 for mcclellan. they shared a dressing room. >> what do you get in to in the dressing room? >> we both sleep a great deal. >> the bed is the most important piece of furniture. >> and you really mean that, don't you? >> it is very nice to not be the only old man in the play. >> so true. >> if they are hurting it doesn't show. two great bros, two guys in hats on the sidewalks of new york. i'm john donvan, abc news, new york. >> their antics don't end there. >> meant to be together. like frick and frak.

>> they took a visit to macy's and sat on santa's clap for pictures. >> mcclellan delighted fans making an appearance at the new york screening of hobbit desolation of smaug. >> and stewart is living in brooklyn with his new bride. his new wife is 3 a 5. >> bless his heart. >> that's why he has to sleep in the dressing room. >> you better believe it. >> he is beat. poor old guy. >> tough dude. we'll be right back. a nice lon. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan,

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special surprise from scuba claus while visiting the mall. >> reporter: after serving as a combat engineer in afghanistan for 11 months. >> snorkeling today. >> reporter: the lieutenant ald brichblg is suiting up as an under cover agent training for his most important mission yet. >> i will be scuba claus apparently. >> he holds a sign. >> hello from scuba claus. >> meant just for his family. i'm home. >> oh! it's dad. >> just like st. nick'm home in time for christmas. for the first time in 11 months dad is waiting with open arms. daddy! >>. >> smothering them in kisses. >> hey guys. >> for the first time meeting

his baby girl. >> that's ddda >> dad said he wouldn't be home in time. he's -- >> everything you want and wish for to have your husband to spend christmas with. >> after months serving far far away, eldridge sneaks in a moment to just be daddy. >> to see them light up with joy is priceless. >> reporter: 5 eyewitness news. >> stories never get old. they are awesome, aren't they? >> doesn't matter where it happens. we are talking about the one from the gym are so great. >> nobody's talking about it there being sharks in the tank. i saw a little shark but it was a shark. >> brave in more ways than one. >> he was the one -- he's all wet. his kids are like i want to give you a hug but you are all wet. >> pretty funny, right.

>> i don't know if you notice at the end, the first time he saw his daughter and the mom is like that's your dad. she looked away. like who's this guy. >> the she is. >> remember to follow up on facebook at wnnfans.com.

this morning on "world news now," today's the day the critical deadline for coverage and the americans that seem reluctant to sign up. the executive that used twitter to joke about aids and race in africa. the instant rage and down fall.

>> this is one of the fastest responses in crashes and burns i've ever seen from a tweet. >> is this executive's apology enough to save her reputation? from the grave, a woman's remark able surprise gift to her family years after her death that caught her husband off guard. >> she was very strong, accepted. the spirit of the season resonates with this family. it is monday, december 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. . welcome in on this monday. speaking of the spirit of the season we have two days until christmas. >> two days. >> didn't 2013 just start. >> flew by. >> we survived the "world news now" christmas party. >> yes. there is one picture of me that showed up on twitter but it was

dment as it should be. first of all, i was sober the whole time. >> how much trouble can you get in to. >> it was a fantastic party. no over indulging, no smooching in the corner. >> that we know of. >> we are getting old. >> yeah. we were on the side of the party where all the foale fog gis are. >> you might be right. >> let's get started. good morning on this monday morning. today is a krit tall deadline for those needing health insurance by the first of the year. >> the last day to enroll for so-called obama coverage if you need it to be gin on january 1st. they prediktd 7 million americans would be signed up by emergency only 1 million have done so. jonathan karl reports on the outreach. >> there is a new front of obamacare, young people. if not enough sign up, premiums could skyrocket. so far they don't seem to be paying much attention. >> it hasn't been on my mind. >> i haven't had time to think

about that. >> foa is out with this video. >> we love you no matter what but it is time to get coverage. >> they are getting on-line ridicule featuring an ad in zip up plaid onesy pajamas. and one with a white house press secretary. california is out with this featuring a rapper calling himself be rocker breezy. telling people to sign up because it is hot. >> health care has it going on. >> is anyone going to buy health care because barack obreezy tells them it is hot? >> and the anti-obamacare side. >> i see you chose to sign up for obamacare. >> one group launched this video with uncle sam taking over a woman's medical exam. it has 2 million views an the group is having opt out parties

telling people not to enroll. 40% of enrollees need to be young adults to keep premiums from going up. only nine states have said how many young people signed up so far and none of them have come close to hitting the target. efforts to reach out to young people will intensify in the new year and insist past experience shows young people are most likely to waitle this the last minute before buying health insurance. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. holiday travelers and last-minute shoppers faced major challenges as a dangerous storm bears down on the eastern third of the nation. several seniors had to be rescued at a retirement home. temperatures will plunge in the 30s in ohio by tonight. in oklahoma stiff, sheets of ice tumbled off of a roof falling on to shoppers at an outdoor mall. thousands in oklahoma are without power of after ice and freezing rain coated electric

lines causing them to snap. crews are struggling to restore service to hundreds of thousands of customers without power. toronto's embattled mayor rob ford called the storm one of the worst in the city's history. >> reporter: the storm swept across southern ontario with an icy fury. firefighters in downtown toronto were left to deal with an ice-covered tree that fell on the hydro wires and caught on fire. while elsewhere, brilliant flashes lit up the sky as transformers began to explode it. >> is truly a catastrophic ice storm we have had here. probably one of the worst we ever had. >> reporter: hundreds of trees have across towns and cities caved under the pressure of the ice. most landed on hydro lines leaving hundreds of thousands without power. toronto's emergency services 311 and 911 had been inundate with calls. the mayor says a state of

emergency could be called in days to come can. it could be days before the lights are back on and the region recovers from this wicked ice storm. ctv news, toronto. >> mother nature had put parts of north america on a weather roller coaster with everything from snow, ice, spring-like temperatures and now an arctic blast. >> our coverage continues at accu-weather where meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. seeing soaking rainfall today. the air is moving out of the north and west. record warmth in place through the weekend as the air masses collide here. we are going to see more in the way of freezing rain across portion s of new england and that rain stretches further southward along eastern seaboard to the gulf of mexico. john and diana, back to you. >> all right. jim dickey at accu-weather, thank you. a pedestrian was rescued after hit bay commuter train in portland, oregon.

investigators say the man walked or ran in front of the train as it approached the station. rescue crews had to lift the train off the victim in order to save his life. right now it's not known how badly he's injured. scary moment for passengers aboard a jet leaving south africa and it hasn't even got off the ground jet. it happened as it was ready to take off from johannesburg. the plane's wing sliced through a building. 200 passengers were on board, along with the crew members. no one was hurt. twitter user apologizing for a offensive tweet about aids in south africa. she lost her job. many wonder how a public relations professional could have sent such a controversial message. gio benitez has more. >> reporter: she is the pr executive at the center of a firearm. justine sacco apologizing after this tweet went viral. going to africa, hope i don't get aids. just kidding. i'm white. she said words cannot express

how sorry i am and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the people of south africa. she was fired on saturday from her top p r job at internet giant iac where she had match.com, daily beast and about.com. >> this is one of the fastest responses in crash and burns i've ever seen from a tweet. >> reporter: she posted the tweet on friday just before a 12-hour flight from london to capetown, south africa. while she was apparently off line in midair, millions were on-line, anxiously waiting for her to land and see the uproar her tweet caused. the #has justine landed yet became an instant trend. her former bosses at iac call the tweet outrageous and offensive. >> there are so many teachable moments here. think before you sfwooet tweet and never never put out something that could be perceived as racist. >> reporter: this photo shows sacco at the south africa

airport when she landed. she deleted the tweet and her entire account. she tells us it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic no one has witnessed firsthand. i'm ashamed. so many say she should have known better because she herself was born in south africa a she says she cherishes her south african ties and she's very sorry. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> our facebook question of the day, have you ever regretted something you shared on social media. we cannot wait to hear about your confession. wnnfans.com. getting back to the story. >> you have to be so careful. >> oh, my gosh. do yourself a favor, stay away from race, religion. >> politics. >> you know what i mean? it's almost like the date rule. just stay away from those subjects. >> hot button issues and here's a good tip. read it one more time before you hitt the send or tweet button. >> absolutely.

>> a lot of these things are prevenltable. as far as she goes, apparently she has a history of border line inappropriate -- this was completely inappropriate but she has some other borderline inappropriate tweets she sent out before and her comment was retweeted 2,000 times. >> cole lasally stupid. why would you write that? >> exactly. moving on to this now. a suspect is in custody after a terrifying ordeal in phoenix. police say an 8-year-old girl was captured a she rode her bike around an apartment complex. the the victim ran in to the arms of police officers. neighbors who saw the child taken alerted an officer who happened to be in the neighborhood at that time. utah at the center of a legal fight over same-sex marriage this morning. a judge overturned the ban on those marriages that. led gay couples to line up for licenses and make marriage plans. the judge will consider whether

a hold should be put on the friday ruling. a federal appeals court rejected an appeal for such a hold on such a ruling. the united methodist minister defrocked for officiating at hisson's gay marriage is considering another opportunity to join a methodist conference that including california, hawaii and some pacific islands. shafer said he and his family are considering the new job very, very seriously. let's lighten things up a little bit. we have a couple near new orleans who are calling their brand new babies a blessing from god. those blessings names are, dawson maxwell, micah, joseph and elizabeth. >> yes, they are quintuplet children of nadia and liz harris. obviously a same-sex couple. the little ones were born in early october. three of them are now home and the hope is the other two will be home for christmas. >> the harris babies are the first to be born in that area

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there are only two shopping days before christmas. if you haven't finished shopping before you may want to check

with your bank before paying with a debit card. >> a customer service nightmare. eers abs oox's aditi roy. >> busiest shopping day of the year and more on the credit and debit cards. the largest bank in the u.s. jpmorgan chase says it is putting lib limits on debit card holders that shopped november 27th and december 15th. officials say as many as 40 million accounts were compromised. 2 million chase debit card holders that shopped during that time are told they can only withdrawal $100 on their debit cards on any one day and limit total purchases to $300 a day. >> chase said this is a precaution to protect customer account cans from criminal activity. >> chase is the grinch that stole christmas from families all across america. the reality is they are doing it to protect themselves and holding people's money hostage. >> a target spokeswoman telling

abc news the company has activated more fraud protection and answering customer questions adding our customers need to be vigilant and we are working to report issues. an all-out effort to salvage a holiday nightmare. aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> so scary for consumers. very interesting, some web security experts say the hackers infected electronic cash registers and may have had help from the outside. >> 40 million people may be affected. don't delete anything from target or chase because they are probably trying to give you information. >> good advice. one woman's unforgettable gift to her family. >> and she sent it years after her death. what a remarkable story of love and holiday generosity. and the cheerleader turned soldier honored for her service in afghanistan. you are watching "world news now."

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a loving christmas gift beyond the grave that took a family by surprise. that's why it is our favorite story of the day. >> she died in 2011 from cancer. she wrote to a radio station asking her to fulfill three wishes for her husband and his new fiance. here's abc's john donvan. >> it is a clis mass wish letter

written like none other. but the writer died soon afterwards of cancer. the wish she made it in came to life last week. the husband she left behind and ware the letter existed asked to drop by des moines radio station star 102.5. >> you lost your wife brenda a couple of years ago to cancer. >> reporter: at first they talked a little bit about graen and david could barely get through it. >> she was very strong, accepted what happened to her. >> then they told him about the letter which they had only recently received anonymously and they read brenda's words aloud to him. >> i am writing this letter sent to you by a dear friend who had instructions to do so when it was time. >> reporter: why was it time? because david whod had been raising two boys with brenda.

>> what a great husband and father he is. >> reporter: he had been recently engaged to remarry to jane abraham joining two families and back in 2011 when brenda was dying she had foreseen this day and asked a close friend to mail off her letter to the radio station only once david had found new love. >> she must be quite a lei lady and i wish i could have met to take on the task of raising a larger extended family it. >> was her wish to send gifts through the christmas wish program. among them a day spa for her kids new mom. >> she deserves it. being a step mother to all of those boyce and especially giving little max a mother's love that only she can give. >> brenda back for this christmas. in some ways never gone. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> special woman, right. >> absolutely. >> at the time of her life where she should be thinking of

nothing but herself she is thinking of everybody else. >> what she wanted was a couple of important things her entire family to be sent to disney. that's going to happen and a spa treatment for the kids new mom. that's going to happen, too. >> and she wanted the medical staff 0 who cared for her to be given a night out. >> are you tearing up? >> i am. >> are you getting misty on me. >> can we get to the tease. >> i always have a box of tissues because i know what i'm in for with this show. >> good stuff in the "the skinny." how a mom and dad recreated famous scenes from movies with a special audience. stick around. but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to bounty duratowel.

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sauce. >> here's the sriracha candy canes. >> i have been waiting all morning. >> me too. i want you to bite in to this. >> unless it is crazy hot. pretty darn hot. >> is it? >> yeah. >> like cinnamony hot. >> no way more than cinnamon. it is not sriracha sauce hot yet. keep going. >> i would call this a problem. it looks like a regular candy cane. put it on the christmas tree a kid grabs it and you have a problem. don't put it on the tree unless you have a kids that like sriracha. they suggest you crumple it over ice cream or a holiday cocktail stir. >> actually that would be very good. >> i'm assuming it's on the box because of insurance purposes they don't want you to crush it and snort it up your nose. so don't do that, john. >> and also with the sriracha sauce. >> put it in your pocket. >> you should do this to the

people you really like. hey. >> help yourself. >> knock yourself out. it. >> is way hotter than a red-hot, by the way. it is hot. >> i will give it a couple of licks here. if you live in vancouver be on guard for seemingly homeless man begging for change who's actually a rich man doing good. this is what happened to a man named yogi omar, 30 years old. he was a man walking by a guy saying can you spare change. he said he doesn't have a lot of money. he's been watching thiz dollars as well. he didn't want to give the guy any money but he said it is christmas and he gave the guy some money and the guy turns around and basically saying i'm not going to tell you who i am but this random act of kindness will be rewarded. he gave the guy his rent money for the month and he does this everybody year. this is a guy that tossed a few coins to that guy. random act of kindness. >> very cool. >> random act of creativeness

here. we want to show you two pictures quickly. this is a couple in australia. they have a website called cardboard box office. they decided to recreate movie scenes with their little kid who is 10 months old. that is liam and lily. that is the scene a from "alien" coming up is a scene from "star wars" including their little

this morning on "world news now," punishing storms. icy conditions causing accidents, power outages and fatalities from oklahoma all the way to new england today. we will get the latest from accu-weather. cheating death. a girl resting on her living room sofa gets hit by a bullet by a drive by shooting. how her glasses saved her life.

>> superstar surprise. beyonce's unforgettable trip to wal-mart. how the singer spread cheer and so much more in the store. jimmy fallon's big moments on the stage as he returns to his roots at "saturday night live" once again. the jokes people are talking about in "the skinny" on this monday, december 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. two more shopping days -- two more shopping days -- two more days. >> if you are my husband two more shopping days. >> there you go. i'm finished. >> good for you. >> i hope you are. >> i have been done since black friday but a lot of people i guarantee are not done. here on the east coast this was a wonderful day to go shopping. little rainy and almost 70 degrees. >> like summertime here. not the case for other people. >> very true. we begin with dangerous storms gripping the nation from oklahoma to new england. 12 people have died. thousands of flights delayed and 700 cancelled. >> snow and ice knocked out

power to thousands. while high temperature records were shattered along the east coast. >> reporter: huge sheets of ice falling on shoppers at an outdoor mall in oklahoma city. miraculously no one was hurt. three people died when an suv was swept off a kentucky bridge and tumbled in to a rain-swollen river. >> it was quite high and extremely swift. it was moving -- it was moving rapidly downstream. >> reporter: in la rue, ohio, floodwaters threatened a retirement home. they took people by rubber boats to safety. >> i got up to my walk leading in to my door. >> i got my grandma, her dog and great cousin. >> reporter: a bird's eye view shows the extent of the widespread flooding. in some places ice so thick it is snapping off tree limbs and transforming the landscape in to a winter wonderland. even covering jennifer wood's car >> i need gas and can't get in

to my gas tank. my car is completely frozen. >> the power lines are down and power is out from the south to the midwest in to new england. falling ice coming dangerously close to this reporter in what is called one of the worst storms to ever hit toronto. >> i'm in a rush to get out of here. >> reporter: along the eastern seaboard on the other hand it was down right balmy. even record-setting temperatures bringing out some shoppers in summer-like outfits and golfers. >> this time in december you never get to have a short sleeve day and we are enjoying it. beautiful. >> feels like christmas to a point but it is great for the golfers. >> wow. >> really was amazing. felt like summertime. truly. >> it was nice. if you didn't get your shopping done unfortunately it is getting worse from here. this part of the country.

and for millions the commute could be messy with downpours and freezing rain. >> the coverage continues at accu-weather with the latest from meteorologist jim dickey. >> good morning, john and diana. much colder air moving in to the east. many spots breaking record highs including new york city, philadelphia, d.c. many spots in the 70s. that's changing. much colder air moving in. arctic air is pushing out of the lakes. you'll see soaking rain along the i-95 corridor new york city, boston, d.c. and freezing rain likely on to northern new england. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. here's a look at the rest of the day's weather. snow showers in kansas and around the great lakes. rain and snow in the pacific northwest. dry, warm and pleasant for the southeast. >> temperatures in the northeast will range from the 30s in new england to 60s in the mid-atlantic region. highs in the 40s and 50s from alabama westward. 60s in southern california and parts of arizona. an amazing story from seattle here. 16-year-old has her eyeglasses to thank for being alive. alanza bryant wound up with a

bullet lodged in the bridge of her nose after her house was the target of a drive by shooting. the bullet broke the frame of her glasses this slowed the bullet enough to not penetrate her head enough to be fatal. >> the glasses saved me. i could have been dead. i just wish this never happened. >> six other people were in the house at the time of the shooting including three children. no one else was hit. it is believed to be gang related but bryant's family says they have nothing to do with gangs. >> here's one thing the police are saying. the bryants say they have nothing to do with gangs it's possible that someone who is affiliated with a gang may have visited them recently and therefore that somehow linked them to gang activity. >> just amazing, though. right? catching that little bit changed everything. >> that's incredible. family moved out of the house. they don't want to go back. i don't blame them.

>> don't blame them. today is the deadline to enroll in obamacare if you want health coverage beginning january 1st. they set a goal of 7 million signed up by march. on friday, the president announced they have only hit the 1 million mark. consumers have until the end of march to sign up without penalty for not having coverage. in africa, there's an increasingly desperate situation in the nation of south sudan. thousands of civilians have been gathering at a u.n. mission hoping to be airlifted to safety. they are fleeing intense violence between troops and rebels. the u.s. has already evacuated nearly 700 americans and other foreign nationals. two american astronauts will be spending christmas eve on a repair mission outside of the shuttle. the men successfully removed a cooling system pump with a bad valve on saturday way ahead of schedule. mike boettcher reports from johnson space center in houston. >> reporter: in a crippled international space station, a

successful christmas eve space walk would be the best gift of all for the six astronauts on board. >> hope everybody had a good day. >> reporter: a saturday space walk brought them half way to that goal. american astronauts. rick mastracchio and michael hopkins removed a broken 780-pound coolant pump whose failure jeopardized operations aboard the space station. >> don't let that go. that is a stocking stuffer. >> but a malfunction in mastroccio's space suit postponed the second space walk scheduled to complete the repairs. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. >> water in the space suit was an issue. to be safe they would use a back up suit. >> it is their life support system. somebody on the ground, a team on the ground is making a plan to put it together. >> this is the suit they are wearing, behind glass in a display at the johnson space center. at 35 years old, it could be a museum piece but nasa always facing budget constraints must make old things work.

>> we have done over 11,700 hours of space walking. i think it was a small blip in the road that happened to catch us. >> reporter: so nasa and the astronauts on board the space station have this christmas hope that those aging space suits are gifts that keep on giving. mike boettcher, abc news at the johnson space center, houston. >> back here on earth, we know the activity called parkour isn't as dangerous as a space walk, not even close, and it looks cool. but it is much cooler if done by a guy wearing a batman suit. >> the video shows him doing his thing in australia. some moves only a super hero could pull off for sure. >> like so many other cool things we show you here. we want to add a few words of precaution. this is the caped crusader and knows what he is doing and so don't try this at home. of course he's the caped

crusader. >> gymnast, right? >> these people -- some of them not really that trained. just take on this activity parkour and it is crazy. talk about intense. >> you could do that. >> oh, yeah. >> actually that's how i got to work today. >> how many buildings did you jump? >> i had to leap through the 30s 40s and 50s to the get to the 60s. >> way to go, diana. coming up, we are seeing more of mariah carey in eyebrow raising photos. and beyonce goes to wal-mart. what the superstar had in store for her fans. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. life insurance. wbrought to you n life insurance. ebrought to you penn life insurance. abrought to penn life insurance. thbrought t penn life insurance. ebrought tol penn life insurance. rbrought to

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philadelphia eagle fans aren't known to be the warmest fans in the league. once they booed santa claus. >> they are tough, philly fans. let me tell you. last night they had a lot to cheer about. more than the victory over the bears. they saluted a former eagles cheerleader who changed in to a military uniform to serve two tours in afghanistan. it is a great story. here's linzie janis. >> 25-year-old washburn honored as a hometown hero from the eagles the team she used to cheer for. four years ago she gave up pom poms for an assault rifle becoming a lieutenant in the u.s. army. >> i was always going to join the military. they are not exactly the same but both jobs require you to handle stress. >> reporter: while in college, washburn was an officer training. but craved another challenge. so she tried out for the squad. >> i was intimidated to do pushups next to her. she was a great role model. >> reporter: after graduation, washburn gave up one job he

loved for another, deploying to afghanistan. >> we lived in a tiny mountain village. very rural and conservative. we lived in a mud hut. >> reporter: washburn and another female officer were part of a special operations mission, tasked with winning the support of local afghan women. one night they were given a rare opportunity to do just that by delivering a baby. >> it was very important to her husband that her integrity be maintained. part of that is she is not seen by anyone but her husband and family. we had the medics on the radio talking us through everything. >> washburn is reluctant to talk about combat but remembers two female officers who died performing the same role. >> those girls paid the ultimate sacrifice and every single one of us is so heart broken by their loss and so grateful these women -- and their sacrifice means to much to me and other women. >> weeks ago washburn returned

from her second tour in afghanistan where she led a platoon of 22 soldiers. linzie janis, abc news, philadelphia. >> incredible sacrifice. >> amazing woman, right? >> absolutely. she was awarded the bronze star which is given to anyone who's acts of heroism or merit in a combat zone. >> you see her getting choked up talking about it. this is a woman who's done two tours of duty over there. >> she has experienced quite a bit and delivering the baby. >> and so great she was recognized. good job. nice job, eagles fans. might be the first and last time i ever say that because i'm a giants fan. jimmy fallon returns to "saturday night live" and why it was so memorable. a big league engagement. wait until you see this ring. it is

♪ skinny so ♪ skinny so skinny >> jimmy fallon is so talented with this musical stuff he does. he goes back to "saturday night live" this weekend, his old stomping ground, and everybody's thrilled to have him there. including justin timberlake who's the host of the show. and a bunch of a-list

celebrities that decide they want to make some music with him, too. take a look. we will talk about it. ♪ >> so great. so great. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ♪ let your heart be light >> can you believe that out with paul mccartney, barry gibb, madonna was on the show. >> amazing. >> there she is. check her out. mayor bloomberg read the news. jimmy fallon did an awesome pitbull. very special. >> he is so incredibly talented. >> who would think he could do a

pitbull but he can do them all. >> he's something else, man. >> there he is. >> when we first ran that, i thought it was really pitbull. we were trying to figure out who the artists were. i'm like pitbull made it too and the producer is like, no, that's him. he's just so good. we have a picture. dwayne wade and gabrielle union are engaged. there's the adorable couple. they are stunning a couple. they have been dating several years. there were rumors the marriage maybe in the works because they sent out their christmas cards and the return address sticker said it was from the wade union family. there's the rock. can't even call it a ring. enormous ring. >> wow, nice. >> we don't know how big it is or how much it cost. i'm sure the info will come out eventually. this is the second marriage for both of them. gabrielle union is 41 years old. >> and looks amazing. >> dwayne wade is 31 and i would have never guessed that was the age gap. she looks so incredible.

there you have it. congratulations to them. >> no doubt. mariah carey, in aspen, snowing out there, all romantic, getting set for christmas. decides to take a stroll. this is her by the christmas tree. hot stuff. >> she actually goes out in a bikini. yes, that is her outside in the bikini. she said it is a tradition. she is having fun. >> she looks great. >> she does look great. she said her and nick celebrated with the babies and they had a great time and she is busting a bikini out there in the snow. >> it is a tradition after all. i'm having a hard time understanding. >> you have the same tradition, don't you? >> of course. we strip down to our bikinis and go out in the snow only if it is the white winter. -- i mean a white christmas. we don't know if it is going to be a white christmas. >> should have done it today with 70 degrees in new york. adorable video posted by p. diddy. he was helping his twin daughters who turned 7 celebrate their slumber party.

they broke out in dance. they were dancing to beyonce's "grown woman." he said that's the way he celebrates before they took to the ground acting like they were exhausted. he screams beyonce's album makes me feel -- and they all threw himself to the ground. he adores the children. he dressed up because it included animated royalty. there you have it. >> interesting. the things little girls do to dads. >> too cute. those are the twins. happy birthday.

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beyonce pulled off another surprise over the weekend shocking fans and making some of their holidays a little brighter. >> she showed up at a wal-mart store in massachusetts to do some shopping an spread a little holiday cheer. some shopping. here's gio benitez with what she had up her sleeve. >> attention wal-mart shoppers. >> beyonce surprising fans once again. >> it is beyonce. >> stopping by a wal-mart outside of boston to bring holiday cheer. >> for everyone in the store right now, the first $50 of your holiday gifts are on me. [ cheers and applause ] >> the superstar purchasing $50 gift cards for 750 shoppers. almost $38,000 worth of gifts.

enclosed with an envelope that read happy holidays from beyonce. pushing the cart up and down the aisle, she bought her self titled album. one week after she shocked fans by secretly releasing it on i-tunes. the singer was hands on with the crowd and couldn't keep her hands off this little one. >> you want to give mae hug? >> oh, my. hi. oh, what a sweetie pie you are. >> she also bought a few gifts for her own daughter, 23-month-old blue ivy. >> these are for her. my baby. >> before wishing everyone a happy holiday. >> merry christmas from beyonce. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> must have been exciting. for up to 750 people in the store, i bet. >> whether you got the 50 bucks or not. >> see, i was working that day. she signed -- >> when she asked you for a hug,

did you give her a hug? >> oh, big time. a couple of them. >> you are the greeter at wal-mart. >> that's me. my day job. >> i knew i knew you from somewhere. >> takes a lot of energy so why i work the night job. that's how i pay the bills. this is just for fun. >> makes all the sense in the world. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. world. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.